"Our line did a great job the first period, first shift," Richards told reporters. "That gave us a little jump. We had a good first period."
Del Zotto's goal late in the period deflected off the foot of Panthers' forward Matt Bradley past goalie Scott Clemmensen who was replaced by Jose Theodore.
Clemmensen stopped 11 of 14 shots.
"There were some breakdowns in front of him, (but) at the end of the day, his job is to stop the puck and he didn't succeed in that early in the first," Panthers coach Kevin Dineen said.
"First time I pulled somebody in the middle of a game, but we need better goaltending for us to have a chance against that team tonight."
Despite a fightback by the Southeast-leading Panthers, New York added to their score with a goal by Brandon Dubinsky before Matt Bradley ended Henrik Lundqvist's shutout bid with a backhand goal midway through the second period.
Lundqvist made 20 of his 27 saves over the final two periods.
"Maybe we finished the game well, but we put ourselves in such a hole against a great team like that," said Bradley.
"To have a first period like that, you're not going to win games like that."
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